Playing the Victim
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A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong he just wants a job. A particular job. Playing the victim in murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can manage to cheat on his own.
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Cast
29 people
Yury Chursin
Valya
Known for
Guests
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Vitaliy Khaev
Captain
Known for
Salyut-7
Why Don't You Just Die!
Aleksandr Ilyin Jr
Seva
Known for
The Interns
The Spacewalker
Marat Basharov
Karas
Known for
Yulenka
Three Seconds
Olga Demidova
waitress
Known for
The Island
Anna Mikhalkova
Lyuda
Known for
The Icebreaker
The Inhabited Island
Fyodor Dobronravov
Valya's father / uncle Petya
Known for
Chebi: My Fluffy Friend
What Men Talk About
Marina Golub
Valya's mother
Also in
A Driver for Vera
Wedding Ring
Andrey Fomin
Sysoïev, l'intellectuel neurasthénique
Known for
Generation P
Little Vera
Elena Morozova
Olya
Known for
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
The Ex
Igor Gasparyan
Zakirov
Known for
Son of a Rich
How Viktor "The Garlic" Took Alexey "The Stud" to the Nursing Home
Maksim Konovalov
Verkhushkin
Known for
Bimmer
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Kirill Serebrennikov Director · Vladimir Presnyakov Writer Oleg Presnyakov Writer
United States release April 26, 2007 · Produced in Russia · Original title Изображая жертву
Production
New People Film Company
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Изображая жертву
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 8, 2006
Theatrical
United States · April 26, 2007
Premiere · Tribeca Film Festival
Denmark
September 22, 2007 · Premiere · Copenhagen International Film Festival
Estonia
December 3, 2006 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Hungary
December 4, 2008 · Theatrical
Italy
October 20, 2006 · Premiere · Rome Film Festival
October 5, 2007 · Theatrical
Latvia
October 27, 2006 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 25, 2007 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
Poland
July 21, 2007 · Premiere · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
May 21, 2009 · Physical · DVD
July 15, 2018 · Theatrical · Transatlantyk Film Festival
Romania
May 30, 2008 · Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival
Russia
June 28, 2006 · Physical · DVD
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